Austrian GP: Dual top ten qualifying for Williams Martini

Team Summary:
Q1: In the leadup to qualifying both Rosberg and Vettel would be receiving five place grid penalties. For the Williams Martini team both drivers had made it into the top ten in the final practice. With the start of the eighteen minute period everyone was coming out on the ultrasoft tyre. A 1m:08.600 from Magnussen to be quickest. But Hamilton would set a 1m:07.014 to be quickest with Perez now second and Hulkenberg third. Gutierrez was now third with Hamilton improving with a 1m:06.947. Felipe would move up to second but Raikkonen would take this spot with a 1m:07.250. Vettel would go second with a 1m:07.030. Valtteri would be fifth after his first run as Rosberg went quickest with a 1m:06.690.

Four minutes remaining and Rosberg was leading from Vettel, Hamilton, Verstappen, Valtteri, Raikkonen, Felipe, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, and Button. Vettel had improved his lap time with a 1m:06.761. Rosberg would improve with a 1m:06.516 as the session was red flagged. This had happened as Kvyat crashed heavily. With 1m:44 remaining this would not allow drivers to come out again. Wehrlein was in ninth a great result for Manor. Replays had show a right rear suspension failure for Kvyat. With the restart of the session we would see a rush of drivers coming out with the top eight remaining in their garages. Sainz would suffer and engine failure pulling off the track. The period would end with Hulkenberg moving into seventh.

Q2: The second fifteen minute period would commence with Rosberg been told that there was the risk of rain. Both Ferrari's were on the supersoft tyre as they came out for their runs. A 1m:06.228 from Hamilton to be quickest with Rosberg second. Ricciardo went third but Vettel would take this spot with a 1m:06.602 on the supersoft tyre. After their runs Valtteri and Felipe were fifth and eighth. Both Red Bull cars were also on the supersoft tyre but they would have to go quicker than they just did on the ultrasoft tyre before they can use them in the race. Both Williams drivers had pitted. Ricciardo and Verstappen were fourth and fifth seeing Valtteri sixth. Both Mercedes cars had come out on supersoft tyres but they had set their quickest times on the ultrasoft tyre. The rain was falling seeing no chance of any improvement.

Q3: With the start of the final period the drivers were coming out on the intermediate tyres with all ten drivers out on the track. A 1m:20.798 from Vettel to be quickest with Hamilton second followed by Hulkenberg and Button. Ricciardo would go third and Valtteri fourth. Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:20.248 only to see Rosberg setting a 1m:19.548 to move ahead. But Ricciardo would go quickest with a 1m:19.217 as the train started to dry. Felipe would move up to third with Hulkenberg second. Hamilton would go quickest as the times continued to fall. Button was now second from Ricciardo and Rosberg. Both Williams cars would pit returning on the ultrasoft tyre. Everyone was now on the dry ultrasoft tyre. A 1m:14.996 from Hulkenberg to be quickest. But as the times fell it would be Hamilton who would set a 1m:07.922 to go quickest followed by Rosberg and Hulkenberg. Vettel was fourth followed by Button, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Valtteri, Verstappen, and Felipe tenth. But both Vettel and Rosberg would drop five places which will rearrange the grid for Sunday.

Felipe Massa:
Q1: Felipe would be first out for Williams running on the ultrasoft tyre. Felipe was on his quick lap and would set a 1m:07.419 to go second. He would drop to third behind Raikkonen. This would become fourth as he pitted. Felipe would drop to seventh as he sat in his garage. Felipe would finish the period in eighth to be behind Hulkenberg.

Q2: Felipe was also out on the track running on a set of new ultrasoft tyres. Felipe would set a 1m:07.145 to be fourth but he would drop to seventh then eighth. Felipe would pit with just over seven minutes remaining. Felipe would come back out on a new set of ultrasoft tyres but would pit still in eighth.

Q3: Felipe was out running on the intermediate tyre. He would set a slow 1m:30.483 to be eighth. His next lap was a 1m:21.613 but he would remain eighth. He would drop to ninth but his next lap would see him set a 1m:18.886 to be third. He would drop to eighth and would pit. He would also take on the ultrasoft tyre after having to wait for the team to get these tyres. A 1m:14.966 to go quickest but he would drop down the order to be sixth behind Valtteri. Felipe would improve to be fourth but he would drop to eighth then tenth with a 1m:11.977.